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Mass Effect 2 PC Specs Revealed With DRM

Planning to purchase Mass Effect 2 for the PC? If you are, then you'll want to take a gander at the specs the game will require for you to engage yourself in the galactic journey.

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Zedux6012d ago

I'll definitely be playing this for PC!

GamerPS3606012d ago

very Nice,

I hate securom. Now, I will be buying PC version over 360.

XDF6011d ago

OS = Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7

J/K

GamerPS3606011d ago (Edited 6011d ago )

you r welcome (I am assuming that you are shareholder) but I play games that I like :D
PC is my preference and PS3/360 for exclusives.
Anyway, thanks for quality games.

nevimkdojsem26011d ago

How exactly would I support MS by playing games on PC? I already have the Windows OS and MS doesn't get any royalties for PC games.

Nihilism6011d ago (Edited 6011d ago )

THEY LISTENED TO US!! *punches the air*, Thankyou bioware, 2 amazing games in the space of a few months, and both of them DRM free, seriously DRM is killing pc gaming, bioware are doing us proud

EDIT: recommended spec are much lower than dragon age, that coupled with the optimisations should mean this game runs amazing...seriosuly though I get the same frame rate in ME1 as I do in crysis maxed...there is something very wrong with that game

@XDF

PC is not a microsoft platform, the only money MS gets from me is a new os every couple of years, they don't get a cent from the games or apps or hardware...that's why pc games are so much cheaper, they're ass tax free

Guido6011d ago

Less screen tearing and better control. ME was a great PC game and this will be even better.

IdleLeeSiuLung6011d ago

"How exactly would I support MS by playing games on PC? I already have the Windows OS and MS doesn't get any royalties for PC games." -nevimkdojsem2

You are supporting the platform by helping strengthening the lead for PC as the computer platforms for games as opposed to Linux or Mac. You are also telling publishers that Windows is a worthwhile platform to continue investing into the PC games.

In both cases MS benefits! I don't know why that would matter, unless one is fanboy.

Nihilism6011d ago

"strengthening the lead for PC"

MS has had a monoppoly on the OS market for 20 years, it's never going to change either, but buying their OS's doesn't increase any lead, I replace my old MS OS with a new one, it's not like i'm converting mac users...

Like I said, no game or hardware purchases go to MS, i have bought probably $500 of games and hardware in the last 3 months. Guess how much of that MS got. $0

Saaking6011d ago

lol at the 360 fanboys trying to spin stuff. 360/PC =/= exclusive.

IdleLeeSiuLung6011d ago

Sure, MS didn't get any money for it, but as Bill Gates once said along the lines of: if you were to pirate software, we would rather the pirates pirate our software.

One of the ways MS managed to get to the dominant position!

Basically you are contributing to a healthy environment for PC games on Windows. If more people would start to use Linux or Macs, we might see more games on those platforms.

Budg3tG4m3r6011d ago

nevimkdojsem2 you bought the PC didn't you? the price of the PC included the price of Windows... so yeah you bought Windows.

nevimkdojsem26011d ago

Yes but I didn't buy my PC because of this game or any other. MS loses because I won't buy the game for xbox 360 - this means no royalties and no 250 euro for xbox spent. Moreover I didn't pay anyting for Windows - as a computer science student I have all MS software for free (MSDNAA). If I wouldn't have it for free I would steal it helping to provide healthy environment in operating system market. :-D

@IdleLeeSiuLung: I'm not a fanboy, I'm merely a MS-hater.

f7897906011d ago

Any protection will be broken so why not make it nice for the real consumers?

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BYE6011d ago (Edited 6011d ago )

I was way over system recommendations with Mass Effect and the game still had hickups.

Hopefully they get the programming right this time...

Tiberium6011d ago

Same here. Except I couldn't even play it because the securom screwed up the installation. I'm glad they got it right this time.

champ216011d ago

cant wait for this game.. will rock on my pc.

crck6011d ago

These recommended specs are nothing compared to what Dragon Age needed. Wonder why they are so different.

jkhan6011d ago

I guess it has more to do with the optimization of game engine. UE3 games are not that resource heavy as seen in the past & they can scale well on different computers. But ME2 looks really really good. Can't wait to play it on my pc.

TheIneffableBob6011d ago

Dragon Age uses the Eclipse engine while Mass Effect 2 uses Unreal Engine 3.

Kleptic6011d ago

yeah its because of UE3...an engine dating back to 2006...

but thats not all of it...the first round of UE3 games where WAY under optimized...ME1 for example was a dog on even powerful PC's at the time...yet boasted visuals no better than Gears of War or any other 'decent' looking UE3 game...

when you can nearly max out Crysis...and have the same PC hiccup on ME1...Developers: you're doing it wrong...especially considering CryEngine 2.0 was far from a good example of a heavily optimized engine...and there was NO question that CE2 was far more advanced than UE3...but hopefully the updates to UE3, and more time to optimize the engine, will go a long way to make it run much better...I still hate UE3 though...

chak_6011d ago

PC purchase incoming =)

can't wait

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman518d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast518d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine518d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast518d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman518d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast518d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman517d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me

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The 7 Best Western RPGs: Immersive Adventures

RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.

SimpleSlave766d ago

"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!

How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera

And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

DustMan766d ago

Loved Alpha Protocol in all it's glorious jank. Great game.

SimpleSlave766d ago (Edited 766d ago )

Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.

Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.

Pity.

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The Best Video Game Romances of All Time

Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.

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